Network Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Network Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Network Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 85 199
Rank change year-on-year -110 +114 +78
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 31 211 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.39% 3.24% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 3.60% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 31 28 19
10th Percentile £32,500 £49,750 £25,878
25th Percentile £36,250 £60,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £27,659
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +135.01% -44.68%
75th Percentile £50,625 £69,063 £40,625
90th Percentile £57,500 £81,250 £46,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -30.77% +14.99% +13.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Network Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,401 5,860 4,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.41% 89.96% 87.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 2,565 3,848
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Network Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Network Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Network Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Network Management

Network Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the Midlands

Network Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -15 29 £45,000 -5.26% 1
West Midlands -105 2 £49,500 -23.85% 5
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (29.03%) Entra ID
3 6 (19.35%) Azure
4 5 (16.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
General
1 20 (64.52%) Automotive
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) IT Support
2 15 (48.39%) Support Engineer
3 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (29.03%) IT Engineer
4 9 (29.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) Network Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) Network Support
5 6 (19.35%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) Cisco Support
6 5 (16.13%) Junior
6 5 (16.13%) Junior IT Support
7 3 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Systems Support
7 3 (9.68%) Systems Support Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (9.68%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.68%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.23%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
1 3 (9.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) Logistics
1 20 (64.52%) Mentoring
1 20 (64.52%) Service Desk Management
2 15 (48.39%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
4 6 (19.35%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (16.13%) Budget Management
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.13%) Data Protection
5 5 (16.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (16.13%) IT Strategy
5 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
5 5 (16.13%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (9.68%) ITIL
6 3 (9.68%) ITSM
6 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
6 3 (9.68%) Security Management
6 3 (9.68%) Service Management
7 1 (3.23%) SOA
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) DBS Check
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Cisco
2 5 (16.13%) Progress
3 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.68%) VMware